vapulation

English

Etymology

Latin vāpulāre (“to be flogged”).

Noun

vapulation (usually uncountable, plural vapulations)

1. (obsolete) The act of beating or whipping.
   • 1698, Ned Ward, The London Spy, I.2:

     He all the time begs their Mercy, like an Offender at a Whipping-Post, and beseeches their forbearance; but the more importunate he seems for their favourable usage, the severer Vapulation they are to exercise upon him […].